Senior Workday HCM Consultant

At Kainos WorkSmart, everything we achieve is because of the quality, talent and determination of our people, and their ability to deliver amazing digital solutions which meet the needs of our customers. Our goal is to be the leading Workday partner globally, with our people seen as the leaders in Workday deployment solutions. We do this by investing heavily in our teams and our people, giving them the opportunity to grow their careers with us and to build their knowledge and skills. We’re passionate about the need to ensure they are presented with the best opportunities while ensuring our customers get the solutions they need.

We’re part of Kainos, which was established in 1986 and we’re the largest Workday boutique partner in Europe providing full service Workday solutions to our customers.

Workday HCM Consultant

For two years running, Gartner has named Workday a leader in cloud HCM solutions. Workdays HCM solution allows organisations to plan, recruit, nurture talent and provide the training their people need to lead using just one system. It provides complete visibility into the global workforce, providing better visibility and better accessibility to all it’s users, allowing companies to engage and grow their people. This is the solution that our Workday HCM Consultants deploy, not only for our customers, but in Kainos itself. Kainos WorkSmart is the leader in Workday HCM implementations in Europe.

You’ll be, or will become, a Workday Certified HCM Consultant responsible for deploying Workday HCM into our customers using our own deployment methodology.

Your role starts with our customers, joining them in workshops to elicit their needs and understand their wants which meets their business requirements. You’ll help them design processes that make the most out of Workday and you’ll guide them with your knowledge in aligning their processes to Workdays capabilities. You’ll understand where blockers form and you’ll track issues and risks, working with your Engagement Manager and other team members to mitigate these, while keeping our customers informed.

You’ll configure and test the solutions that you’ve designed and then deliver them into production, ensuring that Workdays capabilities are being maximised in delivering our customers needs.

To do this, you'll consider yourself to be:

Customer Focused: Engaging customers and gaining their trust while helping and guiding them through deployments

Commercially Driven: Aware of the commercial realities of project delivery with a sound understanding of projects and business.

Team Orientated: Mentoring and developing those around you, both in your team and in our customers. Helping to grow those that you support and that look to you for mentorship.

And your knowledge and experience will encompass:

Leading the deployment of complete HCM and people solutions and tools for your customers, internal or external

Understanding of corporate HCM and people processes

Specific knowledge within one or more core areas of HCM (Absence, Benefits, Compensation, Recruiting, Reporting, Talent and Performance, Time Tracking etc)

Managing and mentoring people, guiding teams in the delivery of complex projects

Clear and effective communication with an ability to communicate with customers and colleagues with credibility and empathy, across geographically dispersed engagements

Willingness to travel and work on client sites up to 25% of the time

Do you love working on challenging projects, delivering complex solutions in simple forms? Is mentoring and growing people something you love? Are you looking to move to a company that let's you write your own story and craft your own brand? If this sounds like you, you’ll find may more people guided and motivated by the same principles and dreams at Kainos. Come and find out more. You’ll fit right in

We’re an inclusive bunch at Kainos and we believe in equal opportunity. We welcome applications from all walks
of life, including those with criminal records. Everyone who is offered a position here undergoes a background
check, however no one is treated differently due to their background where it isn’t relevant to the role. It’s
important to note – failure to reveal information which is relevant to the position sought, could result in us
having to withdraw the conditional offer of employment.

In short: Having a criminal record will not exclude you from a career with Kainos. This depends entirely on the
nature and requirements of the position, together with the circumstances and background of offences.

Application process

Apply

Interview

Second interview

Offer

Apply and interview

The first step in the process is that your CV will be reviewed by someone from our
experienced recruitment team (no automated keyword matching here!). After this, an initial decision will be
made as to your fit for the role.

Interview

If you applied for a technical role you may be asked to complete an online assessment. Your
CV and results
will be reviewed by the Hiring Manager, and if they are in agreement, you will be invited for a first stage
interview which can take place via phone or video link.

Second interview

After your first interview a decision will be made as to your suitability for the role. If
positive you
will be asked to attend a follow up interview which will take place in person.

Offer

At the end of this process if you are successful we will be in touch to discuss details of
the offer and
the role. Unfortunately, not everyone can be successful, but if you aren’t, we will still be in contact to
let you know.

Kainos provides digital technology services and platforms for organisations across the globe. We've been
delivering award-winning IT solutions, consulting and specialised digital products for over 30 years, and
employ over 1,300 people across Europe and the USA.